Camille O'Sullivan at Monroe's Live

What to Expect

Camille O’Sullivan is an Irish-French cabaret singer known for theatrical, deeply physical interpretations of other writers’ songs, Jacques Brel, Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Radiohead all regular features in her sets, delivered less as straight covers than as full theatrical performances built around her voice and stage presence. She has built her reputation over years at the Edinburgh Fringe and as a regular fixture of the Galway International Arts Festival, and her shows tend to sit closer to theatre than a standard gig, with lighting, pacing and a real emotional arc across the set rather than a simple run through of songs. Expect a set that moves between dark, cabaret leaning material and moments of real vulnerability, a performer as comfortable holding a room in silence as she is building it to a big finish, and a booking that will likely draw a mixed audience of music and theatre fans rather than one specific scene. Monroe’s Live’s stage suits a performer used to commanding a room without a large production behind her.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Thursday 8 October 2026, doors 8pm
• Venue: Monroe’s Live, Dominick Street Upper, Galway City
• Price: see monroes.ie for ticket price and availability
• Seated where possible, book ahead given O’Sullivan’s Galway following
• A theatrical, cabaret style show rather than a standard gig

Getting There

Galway city is well connected from around the country, with Irish Rail running direct services from Dublin Heuston in around two hours fifteen minutes and Bus Eireann and Citylink both running frequent coaches from Dublin, Limerick and Cork. Monroe’s is on Dominick Street Upper in Galway’s West End, across the bridge from the Claddagh and about a 10 to 15 minute walk from Eyre Square and the train and bus station, with plenty of restaurants nearby for a meal before the show.